218.320
Civil & Services Measurement
Semester 2, 2025
PORTFOLIO TWO
(A) GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:
1. This is a group assignment. Your group should contain a maximum of 4 students. Should you choose, you do have the option to work individually. If you work individually, it should be presented to the same quality required expected from a group.
2. This portfolio contains TWO questions.
3. Total marks for PORTFOLIO TWO: 100 marks
4. Total course weightage and contribution of the assessment component = 40% and covers learning outcomes 1 and 2
5. Submission date (Stream deadline): Friday, 17th October 2025, no later than 11:50 pm
6. NO HARD COPY SUBMISSION IS REQUIRED
7. Online submission on Stream: COMPULSORY.
8. Late assignments will be penalised as per the course guide and the school’s policy.
9. You must include your names and IDs, the course number, the course title, and the names of the course teaching team on the cover page.
10. You are only allowed to submit a PDF on Stream.
11. Please read and consider all documents in the assessment folder.
12. Include all stream communications on clarifications about the project / assessment that was used for preparing your assessment in the query sheets. All clarification communications regarding the assessment and project will stop on 5th October 2025.
13. Complete your group selection on the stream by 14th September. Students who are not in groups by the given time will be randomly allocated to groups.
14. Covered learning outcomes
a. Use industry-standard software to measure building quantities according to the Standard Method of Measurement.
b. Prepare Bills of Quantities using industry-standard software
(A) QUESTION 1
Measure and prepare bills of quantities only for the following sections of Project A (Refer to the attached “Portfolio 2 - 218320 - set 1”) according to CESMM4 revised.
1. Excavation
a. Topsoil (100mm thick from the existing ground level and 300mm beyond the plan building edge)
b. Cutting and filling
• BOQ should contain the following sections (a) a List of principal quantities, (b) Preambles, (c) Daywork Schedule, (d) Work items (grouped into parts) (e)
Summary pages and (f) Grand Summary and be built according to CESMM4 revised.
• Show all the workings, including,
o Grid breakdown (Use a 10m x 10m grid)
o Cutting calculations
o Taking off sheets
o Query sheets if necessary
• For day work sections, add some of the material, labour and equipment that you think might be needed for the project, but rates are not required.
[20 marks]
QUESTION 2
The client for Project Vortex has decided to use a Lump Sum pricing method for the contract. Your company has been selected as the contractor for this project.
Tasks to be Measured by Your Team
Your manager has instructed your team to measure the following items for:
1. Roads and paving, including excavation for road work
2. Stormwater Pipework (This would relate to Pipes, Fittings and valves, Manholes and pipework ancillaries, Supports and protection, and ancillaries to laying and excavation sections). Include only new construction work with connections to the existing.
3. Wastewater Pipework (This would relate to Pipes, Fittings and valves, Manholes and pipework ancillaries, Supports and protection, and ancillaries to laying and excavation sections). Include only new construction work with connections to the existing.
• BOQ should contain the following sections (a) a List of principal quantities,
(b) Preambles, (c) Daywork Schedule, (d) Work items (grouped into parts) (e) Summary pages and (f) Grand Summary and be built according to CESMM4 revised.
• Show all the workings including,
o Calculation sheets
o Taking off sheets
o Query sheets if necessary
• For day work sections, add some of the material, labour and equipment that you think might be needed for the project, but rates are not required.
[80 marks]
Assessment instructions for questions
• Some drawings are not to scale. You can use drawings and dimensions from
detail drawings to measure. If there are no dimensions shown on the drawings, then develop an appropriate scale for measurement.
• The accuracy of descriptions and quantities accounts for a considerable part of the final mark.
• You can choose to use Costx or other software to prepare the document.
However, your submission should be according to examples 1, 2, and 3 (refer to the last three pages) and the CESMM revised 4 example book and handbook. You are required to show clearly how you came up with the quantities where necessary.
• Consider how the Bill of Quantities (BOQ) should be structured and presented in professional industry practice, and prepare your submission accordingly.
You are expected to go beyond the basic classroom examples and demonstrate a higher level of application. Your work should reflect what would be considered excellent by current construction industry standards.
• You should include the following files in your submission (refer to the file generation steps mentioned below)
o One PDF document for each question, which includes (t
Front page (example 1)
General and specific preamble notes for each section
BOQ summary
Detailed calculations of each item
Drawings with dimensions take off details
RFI sheet / Query sheet - (refer to example 3)
Peer review report (refer to example 2) (you can choose to submit this individually)
Generative AI uses statements from each student (attached at the end)
(B)MARKING RUBRIC
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Assignment & Marking criteria
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Marks
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Portfolio 2
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• Question 1
1. Preparation of BOQ with supportive documentation suitable for industry practice, with clear documentation.
i. Coverage of all documentation, including required
content, including grid maps, cut and fill calculations, and topsoil calculations
ii. Presentation of each section, including Bills of
Quantities according to CESMM 4 revised directions (including preambles).
• Question 2
a. Preparation of BOQ with supportive documentation suitable for industry practice, with clear documentation. Coverage of all
documentation, including required content. Presentation of
each section, including Bills of Quantities according to CESMM
4 revised directions (including preambles).
b. Correct descriptions and appropriate headings / sub-headings for the measured items, including generic & specific preamble notes
i. Roads and paving, including excavations
ii. Stormwater
iii. Wastewater
c. Correct quantities for the measured items, including side-
casting, entry of measures, and quantity referencing. Schedule of quantities for the trades, presented in the correct SoQ or
BOQ format. Include query sheets (if necessary).
i. Roads and paving, including excavations
ii. Stormwater
iii. Wastewater
Peer review report
Include peer review with the Student's name, ID, and Work section completed by each student
d. Question 1
e. Question 2
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15
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15
14
8
5
16
12
6
1
4
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GRAND TOTAL
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100
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(C) LATE SUBMISSION & ACADEMIC INTEGRITY
a. Plagiarism: Plagiarism is a very serious offence. DO NOT PLAGIARISE. Read the rules here:https://owll.massey.ac.nz/referencing/plagiarism.php.
b. Late submission: A penalty of 3 marks will be deducted for each calendar day
(including weekends and public holidays) or a part of a day an assignment is submitted late after the Stream deadline. Assignments submitted more than 7 calendar days after the Stream deadline will not be marked and will receive a mark of 0.
c. Extension of time: An extension may only be granted by the course coordinator based on the circumstances.